As organizations increasingly adopt Azure cloud services, managing costs effectively becomes crucial to maximizing the value of cloud investments. Without proper cost control, expenses can quickly spiral out of control, leading to budget overruns and reduced ROI for enterprises. In this session, we will explore best practices and strategies for optimizing costs in Microsoft Azure - also from an architecture perspective.

We will start by understanding the key cost drivers in Azure and how to gain visibility into cloud spendings. Next, we will dive into cost-saving techniques, including rightsizing resources, meeting the defined design criteria, optimizing storage and networking costs, budget alerts, and implementing automation for costs. Additionally, we will discuss Azure Governance hierarchies as relevant baseline as well as cost allocation strategies to ensure accountability across teams within an enterprise.

By the end of this session, attendees will have actionable insights to proactively manage and optimize their Azure spendings. Whether you are an IT decision-maker, cloud architect, or FinOps practitioner, this session will equip you with the right tools, strategies and best practices in combination with real-life scenarios to enhance cost efficiency while maintaining performance and scalability of your Azure workloads.